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The issue was will it gate at the ballot box its over and slate is wiped clean. thats essentially what trump said here. hes not admitting to it. voters should decide. well see what happens. if voters decide to bring roy moore in knowing what they know about him essentially it wipes the slate clean just like they did with trump. >> robert is that a fair assessment. >> yes, the people of alabama should decide, partially true. but the genesis of your question is the president does not want to put a...

Plus, the investigation zeroing in on the presidents inner circle. and the white house is pushing for a christmas miracle. can the president sign the tax bill by the holiday? >> im hopeful people can work it out and everybody, even the democrats will want to vote for it. >> this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. good friday evening. im peter alexander in washington for my friend chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily." if the week proved anything, its a battle for the moral high ground, ne...

He was working for the trump campaign, and then in the white house. so, again, he has a lot of incentive to try to bring the goods against somebody whos higher up on the chain. which means somebody in the oval office. so its perfectly right that theres not a done deal now. hes got a lot of pressure, though, to really deliver somebody high up, and, again, that means president trump, somebody in the oval office, or somebody in president trumps family. again, obviously, mule sir -- a guy with integ...

News, a newspaper donald trump has read every day for decades. >> "new york times" reporter maggie haberman said something is unleashed with him lately. i dont know whats causing it. i dont know how to describe it. >> and willie, obviously, maggie haberman is closer to donald trump than anybody, maggie and bob costas at the washington post, usually the first person he calls when he wants to get information out. shes followed him for years, a tough new york reporter, has been for a very long time...

He says it didnt happen and you know you have to listen to him also. you are talking about he said 40 years ago this did not happen. so, you know. ill be letting you you know next week. i can tell you, you dont need somebody who is soft on crime like jones. >> so do you not believe the accuser? >> what was your message -- [ inaudible ] . >> let me just tell you, roy moore denies it, thats all i can say. he denies it. and by the way, he totally denies it. >> so, casey, obviously, the president of...

And clearly the u.s. will have a role to play in that as well. so its significant for that reason. obviously, brooke, any putin/trump interaction is fraught with this complete overlay of the russian interference into the 2016 election and all the investigations that have grown from that. any time these two leaders are in conversation, we are eager to find out did the election interference come up again or has donald trump washed his hands of trying to talk about that with vladimir putin. >> mich...

Listening to that interview with sean who asked tough questions, he said did you ever date anyone in their teens when you were that age? to my ears, roy moore did not say no. he hedged and said that would not be normal behavior for me. it was not a clear -- if im asked if you have ever been on a date with a high school student, it would be definitely not. i didnt hear that. >> obviously, wendy, a lot of republicans calling for him to step aside. its not been a great week for steve bannon who had...

For more on the broader media efforts to protect harvey weinstein the middle of all this, we are joined by a reporter with "the hill" newspaper. so the red flag for me -- and these are very, located stories and we dont all the answers. but we do know that nbc news, open noah oppenheim and noah oppenheims agent are refusing to answer questions. asking if they had any relationship with harvey weinstein or his company. they wont answer that question. what is the possible range of explanations for r...

Weinstein in the middle of all this, we are joined by joe concha, a reporter with "the hill" newspaper. so the red flag for me -- and these are very complicated stories and we dont know all the answers.ag but we do know that nbc news, noah oppenheim, and noah oppenheims agent aree refusing to answer questions. did noah oppenheimer have any business relationship at all with harvey weinstein or his h company? they wont answer that question. what is the possible range of explanations for refusing t...

Along with dan dimond of politico continuing to break the stories. most noticeably yesterday when asked if the press conference, sarah huckabee sanders did not give the more common endorsement that the people who are in trouble in the trump administration usually get. she almost didnt answer. question asked if tom price is in trouble. >> youre absolutely right. she didnt answer the question. president trump was asked if he still has confidence in secretary price yesterday. he declined to answer ...